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I remember reading an article about one of the differences between wolves and dogs and it involved asking for help from humans. The wolves that had been raised in captivity from pups never asked a human to solve a problem. They worked the problem it until they solved it themselves. Dogs, on the other hand, would give a half-hearted attempt to solve it, and then asked their human to save them the frustration. The author claimed the wolves had far superior intelligence as their problem solving skills had never been dumbed down by outside help. I don't know, but I think it is pretty smart to get someone else to wedge themselves under the bed ;-)

It's a dog thing! Cass will take a tennis ball and intentionally roll it under the chair in the corner of the living room because he knows I'll have to get down on the floor and give it to him. A few minutes later, he will do the whole thing over again. It's an endless cycle until I redirect him to another toy or put the ball out of reach for a while.

Yep, we do the same game, usually in our living room. She bats it under the TV console or under the sofa and I'm sure has great fun watching me squeeze in between the coffee table and the couch and wedge myself under the sofa to get it. :)

Yes, I should have said that she's a silent communicator. She's pretty funny. Even when she wants to go outside, she doesn't bark or whine or even scratch at the door. She just sits quietly beside the door and waits for someone to notice her. Like, "Oh I don't want to be a bother!" She's so sweet.

Hi Miss Jackie & Rita! Bessie, my Basset minion was trying to tell Dad yesterday that she wanted her toy back that he put away in the closet! She had been trying to eat it earlier that evening. Silly doggie! (shaking my head) -Valentine (& Mom) of Noir Kitty Mews

Did Dad listen?? Our beagle used to chase a laser light - she was addicted to it. We kept it on top of the refrigerator. She was VERY good at communicating when she wanted the light to come out to play!

Dogs are nothing if not subtle. I usually get that eye-to-eye stare, then a laser focused stare in the direction of the lost item with another eye to eye stare meant to make me feel incredibly guilty for not seeing the lost item in the first place, let alone the silent 'why can't you see what I'm telling you' look. 😇

Rita's funny - she almost never asks to be fed. Sometimes I end up feeding her quiet late because of it, but she doesn't seem to mind. Although sometimes she does lay where she can see into the kitchen and she'll stare at me, then look at her food bowl. She's subtle. :)

Luke does this all the time! I also think he deliberately bats those balls under the dresser so I have to retrieve it. Cricket does it occasionally too. Sometimes I'm missing a dog, wondering where they are, and find them down in the bedroom staring under the dresser or bed!

You're so right about the humans who pay attention being a rarity. Most dogs must think we humans are pretty dumb. :) (Picturing the dog-blog headline right now... "My Human Is A Terrible Communicator."

Oh, geez, Seriously thinks such things are a game. Bat it under the sofa and watch the humans stick their hands in that dusty darkness and retrieve it--so much fun! Over and over and over again. She has us well-trained.

My dog told me that there was a moose ahead of us on the trail. She plants her butt and refuses to move forward when there's one ahead. Very useful!

My dogs do the same trick has Rita with balls ending up under furniture all the time. I have a bad spine so I use my handing "reacher" that I was given after one of my surgeries. It makes reaching balls under furniture way easier!

My old dog, Timba, used to stare at the back window of the car (back seat) until I put the window down! LOL! This was when power windows weren't on every car. I drove a big old Cadillac that had power windows. She knew I was responsible for putting that window down, and I'd catch her in the rear view mirror just staring at the window!

Cooper does what Rita does with things that have rolled under the bed or under a dresser.

Charlie barks for attention. He will often tattle-tale on the other pets... of course I have no idea what he's trying to tell me, but I'll find a pile of cat barf a few minutes after the bark fest and then I'll know!

hello pooch smooches its dennis the vizsla dog hay the unnersides of beds and fernitcher ar sutch sinkholes for dog toys!!! i think it shud be a rool that all fernitcher goze all the way to the floor with no gaps or maybe that fernitcher needs to hav a ramp unnerneath it so bals rol bak owt wot do yoo think??? ok bye

Oh dear, Rita. You have alligator arms. :-) Sampson has decided that he will join Delilah in encouraging me to move faster while preparing their dinners. Delilah will occasionally bark, but she is more of a harumpher, while he just barks at me. It's #funnynotfunny